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Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by slovette »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #107
slovette wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did in another comment in regards to goose necks. The bed is where it’s at for practical truck use outside urban areas. This design ruins a lot of obvious uses in my opinion (reach ability, tie downs, latter racks, tool boxes, loading and hauling). The slope bed sides are really what stand out as a mistake to me. I see this being a great replacement for the Chevy Avalanche though

You have to go back 20 years or so to get a usable bed in a truck. All modern full size trucks are so high that they're fairly inconvient to use too.

Haha. Maybe not 20 years... though you are right. My dad was pissed when he had to have his boat and camper trailers lifted so they rode level on his new F350. The same thing all the neighbor farmers did too when they replaced their trucks with new ones.

They all still complain about getting in and out of the trucks when we go hunting together. Lol

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by chaostheory »

slovette wrote: post #104
chaostheory wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You haven’t given any good reasons to back up your claim. You don’t make any specific points ;) It sounds like you made your comment before the presentation was finished. This is also ignoring the fact that most luxury pickups and SUVs are also impractical gas guzzlers https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2015/04/28/what-does-your-wo...

I did in another comment in regards to goose necks. The bed is where it’s at for practical truck use outside urban areas. This design ruins a lot of obvious uses in my opinion (reach ability, tie downs, latter racks, tool boxes, loading and hauling). The slope bed sides are really what stand out as a mistake to me. I see this being a great replacement for the Chevy Avalanche though

If we’re comparing this to real utility trucks like a Ford Ranger, you may have a point; but IMO the SUV status symbols like the F150 aren’t much better for utility vs Tesla

You haven’t even seen the specs or enough of the truck to say things like reach ability is any worse than a luxury truck

Also if you watched the whole presentation, who’s to say the front and back wheels can’t adjust height independent of each other yet

The only thing other luxury trucks have on the Tesla for now is the look. Its styling is just too forward and aggressive. even though I like it, I can see many people hating it

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by dmix »

snake117 wrote: post #90

Contrary to what most are saying, this was an awesome presentation. They kept it incredibly short, gave basic facts about the car (although nothing on the interior), and blew everyone's mind, for good or for bad, with a new truck unlike anyone would've believed, especially putting it against the F-150. Even with the glass shattering, the fact that it didn't go through was still amazing (they definitely have to work o…

The interior is shown on the homepage website: https://www.tesla.com/xNVh4yUEc3B9/09_Desktop.jpg

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by 1e-9 »

King-Aaron wrote: post #110
1e-9 wrote: post #103

My progression: 1) Looks ridiculous. 2) Impressive hammer demo. 3) Embarrassing glass demo, but impressive nonetheless. 4) 500+ mile range, tows 14,000 lbs, adjustable ground clearance to 16", yanks an F-150 uphill in a tug-of-war... Wow! 5) Cool ATV, tailgate ramp, and retractable bed cover. 6) After watching video at Tesla website... it actually doesn't look that bad. 7) A few more minutes go by... I like the way i…

> 2) Impressive hammer demo. Honestly, I was a little annoyed by the hammer demo. The guy swinging was clearly loosening his grip/effort just before impact, compared to him actually putting effort into the previous white door he hit.

The first hit was tentative. I imagine the guy was nervous about whether he might dent it. The second hit was a hard smack with full body weight behind it. I suspose he felt more confident after Elon asked him to hit it harder. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwvDOdBHYBw starting at 3:14.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by TMWNN »

slg wrote: post #13

I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie.

>I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie.

How did you miss the crew of people dressed like characters in a low budget 80s sci-fi movie exiting the truck? Or, more briefly, thatsthejoke.jpg

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by slg »

TMWNN wrote: post #115
slg wrote: post #13

I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie.

>I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie. How did you miss the crew of people dressed like characters in a low budget 80s sci-fi movie exiting the truck? Or, more briefly, thatsthejoke.jpg

I realize that. I just don’t view that aesthetic as a good thing and apparently Tesla does.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by kjeetgill »

beaner wrote: post #39

I know Musk is typically awkward on stage, but this one is the worst by far. He seems like he's on drugs. It's not even the way he speaks, it's like looking around paranoid. The car failed the glass demo, and he seems completely out of sync with the presentation and the videos. The audience cheers seem staged, too. Whoever's responsible for managing this did a disaster of a job.

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I think it's kinda nice. It makes it feel less commercially where you worry the claims are dubious and more like someone awkwardly showing you their new pet project?

Maybe I'm just getting sold on the shtick. This is the first of his presentations I've seen.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by beaner »

kjeetgill wrote: post #117
beaner wrote: post #39

I know Musk is typically awkward on stage, but this one is the worst by far. He seems like he's on drugs. It's not even the way he speaks, it's like looking around paranoid. The car failed the glass demo, and he seems completely out of sync with the presentation and the videos. The audience cheers seem staged, too. Whoever's responsible for managing this did a disaster of a job.

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I think it's kinda nice. It makes it feel less commercially where you worry the claims are dubious and more like someone awkwardly showing you their new pet project? Maybe I'm just getting sold on the shtick. This is the first of his presentations I've seen.

It's typically endearing for everyone the first time they see Musk present, and I agree with that. But after seeing it enough times you wonder why it's getting worse, rather than improving.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by taborj »

tdiggity wrote: post #48

Website updated: https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck Interesting observations: - Reservation is only $100 whereas the Model Y is $2500. - 500 mile range on the Tri Motor, nice. - No info on the ATV

> Reservation is only $100 whereas the Model Y is $2500.

This doesn't surprise me. The Cybertruck is going to be a harder sell than the Model Y, so they want to keep the barrier to entry much lower.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck [video]

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Post by taborj »

Magi604 wrote: post #58
bdamm wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It cracked but did not fail. Is that not supposed to be how it works?

The test before showed them dropping softball-sized metal balls onto a horizontal pane of Tesla Armor Glass from 20-25 feet in the air without any damage, so it set the expectation of impervious glass. Maybe if Musk stated that the glass was meant to just crack but not shatter, it would have made sense, but to me the impression I got was that the live demo on the truck was done on the fly without prior prep (Musk did…

I think the reactions that Musk and Holzhausen had tell the story. They were not expecting that to happen at all.

Also, as noted in another story[0], the horizontal plane didn't break at least in part because it wasn't fixed rigidly in place, and thus was able to distort.

[0] https://www.thedrive.com/news/31158/tesla-cybertrucks-armore...

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